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Cover band singer thinks Billy Joel’s guest appearance might lead to stage return

Billy Joel performs at Allegiant Stadium on November 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)Billy Joel shocked fans on Jan. 2 when he took the stage — for the first time since his brain condition diagnosis — to perform with a Billy Joel cover band in Wellington, Florida. The singer in that cover band is now speculating that the Rock & Roll of Famer is working toward a return to the stage.Tony Monaco, lead singer of the tribute […]

todayJanuary 6, 2026

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Peter Frampton celebrates 50th anniversary of ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’

Cover of Peter Frampton's 'Frampton Comes Alive!'/ (A&M Records/UMG Recordings)Peter Frampton took to Instagram Tuesday to mark the 50th anniversary of his iconic live album, Frampton Comes Alive!“I can’t believe today’s the day. It’s now been 50 years since Frampton Comes Alive! was released. Wow, 50 years,” he said. “Thank you all for helping it become such a huge phenomenal success,” he added, before joking, “probably time to buy a new one anyway.”Frampton Comes Alive! helped launch the now-Rock & Roll Hall of Famer to […]

todayJanuary 6, 2026

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Elton John announces Academy Awards viewing party, reveals co-hosts

Elton John performs at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, November 8, 2025 (Disney/Frank Micelotta)Elton John has announced some details of his annual Elton John Aids Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party.The party will be held Oscar night, March 15, at West Hollywood Park, hosted by Elton and his husband, David Furnish, as well as actor Neil Patrick Harris and his husband, David Burtka.“EJAFOscars has always been about more than films, it’s about coming together to change lives,” reads a post […]

todayJanuary 6, 2026

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Uvalde officer was told location of gunman but he failed to act, prosecutors say

Flowers and photographs are seen at a memorial dedicated to the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on June 3, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. Alex Wong/Getty Images(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) -- Former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer Adrian Gonzales was alerted to gunman Salvador Ramos' location before Ramos entered Robb Elementary School, but Gonzales failed to act, prosecutors argued in opening statements on Tuesday.Gonzales -- who is charged with 29 counts of child endangerment -- is alleged to have neglected his […]

todayJanuary 6, 2026

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Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman on their fight to get back The Guess Who name

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings perform at the Canada's Walk Of Fame Fundraising Event Music Under The City Stars held at Casa Loma on July 18, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by George Pimentel/Getty Images)The Guess Who’s Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman are opening up about the lawsuit that helped them get back the rights to the band's name.In October 2023, they filed a suit that accused former bandmates Jim Kale and Garry Peterson of tricking fans into thinking Cummings and […]

todayJanuary 6, 2026

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On This Day, Jan. 6, 1987: Eric Clapton kicks off his first Royal Albert Hall residency

On This Day, Jan. 6, 1987 ...Eric Clapton kicked off a six-night residency at London’s Royal Albert Hall, treating the crowd to such classic songs as “I Shot the Sheriff,” “Wonderful Tonight" and “Cocaine," as well as Cream tracks “White Room” and “Sunshine of Your Love.”The residency became a near-annual event for Clapton. In 1991, he played a whopping 24 shows at Royal Albert Hall, breaking his own record for the longest run of concerts at the venue.During that run, […]

todayJanuary 6, 2026

National News

‘Absolutely not’: Kelly says he wouldn’t change troop message or ‘back down’ after censure

Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat of Arizona, and his wife, former Rep. Gabby Giffords, appear on ABC News' "Good Morning America," Jan. 6, 2026. ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Sen. Mark Kelly said he would "absolutely not" have changed his message to U.S. troops about not following illegal orders, despite now knowing that it would result in a censure.Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth censured Kelly, a Democrat of Arizona, on Monday for "conduct [that] was seditious in nature," referring to a video Kelly […]

todayJanuary 6, 2026

National News

Milwaukee judge convicted of obstructing federal immigration agents resigns

The Milwaukee County Courthouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, on Friday, April 25, 2025. Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg via Getty Images(MILWAUKEE) -- Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted last month of obstructing federal immigration agents at her courthouse, has resigned, according to a letter to Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

todayJanuary 6, 2026

Music News

David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ gets ‘Stranger Things’ streaming bump

Cover of David Bowie's 'Heroes'/(Parlophone Records)David Bowie is the latest artist to see a streaming bump thanks to the Netflix series Stranger Things.Bowie’s "Heroes" plays over the closing credits of the show's series finale, and according to Billboard, Luminate data shows that the song saw a 500% increase in streams following its inclusion."Heroes," the title track to Bowie's 12th studio album, saw about 342,000 streams on Jan. 1, the day after the show's New Year's Eve debut, and then continued to increase […]

todayJanuary 6, 2026

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